MGMT - Flash Delirium
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Lyrics:
Plants, as far as i know are still,
Still bending toward the light
And if we dance
Until the heart explodes
It'll make this place ignite
And even if this hall collapses
I can stand by my pillar of hope it's just
A case of Flash delirium - Hudba
Idk why but when Ben stands up and shows everybody his mad throat/mouth thingy, Andrew just sits there like "you've done it now Ben, Congratulations." It makes me laugh so hard
I was gonna like this but I’m keeping the likes at 555. Because of six six, five five, red battleships forty earth like planets.
when they take it out kills me fr🤣
Fun fact: this music video was recorded in the same mansion as Little Dark Age
Henryk Ćwir that’s cool
Wow
Fun fact it is my hamster's winter ski estate. One of his many. You should see my gold fishes place yo, it's a whole ocean.
no it wasn't, the same venue different house
Actually little dark age was filmed in the same mansion as flash delirium
Congratulations is one of the most underrated albums of all time
So is their self titled album, I strongly feel
palbo4 Congratulations was the better album
Facts 🅱️
It's one of the best albums of the century and nobody knows about it. It's a shame that everyone knows about the big 3 (Kids, Time to Pretend, Electric Feel), but doesn't even want to try listening to Congratulations
Keep making more of this.
This happened to me once.
Pete Bouvier All I can say that is just “Oh”
Jsjaja
:o
Me too
Lmao
This song gets better every time I listen to it
I feel the same way
I think that they said that was the intention
yo rusty whaddup? fancy seeing you here haha
It’s me!
2023 still does
everyone: this video is a raw reflection and representation of record labels destroying talent
mgmt: _haha worm machine go brrrrr_
lol
tbh more about a coming out as gay
i think its about just making the most bat shit crazy video they could think of
@@Yep6803where did that come from?
This song is a masterpiece
I see you are a men of culture.
Seriously the whole song is the best of so many different genres
true. it is sad it is so unknown. i havn't known about the band until a few months ago.
Especially alongside the video
How tf do me and fucking F A B both have the same good music taste
I can't even begin to describe how beautiful I think this song is.
Greg Arius Same with Alien Days
amen
I don’t know if I’d call it beautiful.. more eye opening than anything
It's really good, the last half is really champ. I think with a producer more geared to make it more "appealing to the public" this song could have been a big hit - but I think these guys are some of those tortured artist types who resent their catchier tunes. Also the video, while I like it, it's weird as fuck
MGMT took a HUGE chance with this song and unfortunately it didn’t click with their audience. But this album is what made me respect them. They really care about music and were never trying to make a hit. This song proves how good they can be when they aren’t trying to make a hit. It’s so beautiful. One of my favorite songs of all time.
lol I think they knew it might not jive. wasn't their whole thing making a mainstream first album and getting successful so they could do whatever tf they wanted after? seems like they got that wish, even if they aren't as popular.
I was their audience, it clicked with me
@@GBart same. I remember my older sisters loving it back in 2009. They used to share all their cool music w me, so I basically grew up on this kind of shit
(I was only 11 yrs old back in 2009 lol this music video scared the shit out of me hahaha)
They did risk it all when they hired the cgi artist that animated ben's singing neck.
I think that was kind of the point. My interpretation is that they were showing that they can create things other than their popular songs. Like the eel that he pulled out of bens neck for electric feel and the excitement on the mans face. or the lines “the hotdogs getting cold” “climbing a tree with a missing limb” showing that the music on oracular spectacular isn’t what they are all about and they can make other music but they know it wont be a hit. Great song
Edit: i also forgot to point out how andrew was trying to hide bens neck from singing this song. But after he pulls out the eel everyones happy again and dancing
Edit 2: ALSO HOW THE FIRST DANCING WAS SLOW AND BORING BUT WHEN THE EEL GOES IN THE WEIRD MACHINE THEY START ACTUALLY DANCING
EDIT 3: AND HOW BEN THINKS THAT ITS OKAY TO SHOW THE SONGS BECAUSE THE OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAVING FUN AND BEING SUPPORTIVE BUT WHEN HE DOES THEY ARE SHOCKED
the thing in his throat is raw musical talent, the army/government is the music industry or producers or whatever. In the back of the car, he is expressing that he is uncomfortable keeping his talent away from everyone. Notice how evryone is taking a piece of a cake with his face on it at 0:43 ? everyone is there to get a piece of his 'pie'. Notice how even in the line dance, people do not look like their having fun? they're just going through the motions until they get to cash in on that pie. the bald one is an audio engineer, waiting for the talent to come outr and then manipulate it and stake his claim in that pie. the puppets represent a third party that is catering to the music corporations so that he will give his talent up to them by telling him what they want him to hear, convinced by this, he stands up and whips his talent out. before anyone can get over how beautiful it is, his talent is ripped from him and put into a machine where it is milked dry and manipulated until no longer resembles it's original self.
great explanation that makes complete sense in every single way. Well said
the cake also has the santanic sign on it .
actually, the eel is the truth, and he's trying to get the truth out but they won't let him. the 'flash' is the fake story they tell the public. the dancing is the fakeness that the public sees, while on the inside they have dinner and welcome new inductees into the family, (the cake has a satanic symbol on it) and the dog is eating the head of a goat which represents baphomet.
way better interpretation than mine.
That's also what I think . in addition to that I this the anus shaped machine is like a joke for him having to be forced to kiss someone's ass. :)
First time watching their videos. Compared to all their other ones I actually thought "hey this ones kind of normal" and then I got toward the end...
My thoughts exactly
Megan Cataldi Not needed to be normal. Even as their music.. it isnt at all.
Tbh, if you analyse the lyrics the video makes perfect sense
***** why, how do you spell it?
***** Whoops. I forgot that Americans are so self-centred that they forgot that people can correctly spell the same word differently depending on where you're from.
Went to an MGMT's concert a few days ago and when they finished playing this song I just sat on the floor and started crying because I couldn't believe what I had just experienced
OMG HAD THE SAME REACTION !!!
And now it hurts to stay at home
I think I can tell which time you come from
If Wes Anderson and David Lynch made anything together it would look like this. I'm pretty sure the eel killing, anus machine would've been David's idea.
You nailed it!
...or david cronenberg´s idea?
Acey Eliza with a dash of jodorowskys weirdness in there as well
🤘
Cronenberg
oh my god Andrew is the most beautiful human on earth
+Cindy Leal preach it sister
idk Andy biersack is pretty cute, i mean...
+Cindy Leal OMG yes, thank you.
yes he is!
Cindy Leal he is pretty dreamy I must say. (No homo) actually he’s rather majestic.
Ben's face at 1:51 is actually me watching this video
2:56 Absolute eargasm
This part alone is why it’s by far my favorite mgmt song
I don't know how I feel about the way you worded this 😂
This song is so good. The constant twists and turns it throws at you never get old.
Late_Bloc_Party seriously! They switch it up so much while maintaining a constant vibe, if that makes sense maybe it’s just me. But I love it anyways
2:54 is my favorite part, it just makes me feel nostalgia, the whole album is very underrated
*scrolls down for theories about the video *
They were obviously on some kind of hallucinogenic
Hey keiolani
if you'd like to talk about it send me a message :) this song and congratulations def have meaning to them.
+Keiolani Brockenbrough "Delirium"
pablo o actually they had no involvement with drugs during the creation of their songs they said it made the process "too foggy".
2010: I've just got home from school. I eat my lunch and head straight to my computer. FIFA 11 launches, I'm at the Asian practice ground practicing all my tricks with the ball, and making Kaka try some outrageous shots indeed. This song is playing dreamily in the background as I run and chip the keeper (ironic because its Petr Cech, who's my favorite keeper of all time). Life was so simple back then.
electric feel - 70 million views
this - 6 million
what is wrong with people, this is their best song!
this song literally sounds like a bunch of instruments being banged against each other and some random singer singing in some voice modifier
Electric feel was the best song they have ever made and probably will be the best song they ever will make
***** who said it wasn't?
+foquinha x At least it is their best video!
+foquinha x Their best song is Siberian Breaks. But you're right, this one deserves way more views.
It's called being a human with different preferences it doesn't make a difference which song gets more views really if everything was up to someone else's standards the world wouldn't be diverse it would be boring and we'd all want to kill ourselves..
2:57-3:45 Andrew's voice 😍
Turn off all the lights, put some headphones on, play this song, close your eyes, and just let this song take you. It's really cool trust me.
WOW!
Thanks :D
It's even better when your stoned and then listen to it
+Harold Kumar WOW I'ven better!
Thanks A LOT!
What weed you smoking on ?
Harold Kumar lol i didnt even need to smoke weed
“And now it hurts to stay at home” has never hit so hard before
andrew vanwyngarden is freaking adorable
Oh my god yes
Paige Latham agreed
As a straight man, yes as well
Paige Latham yesss haha ben too !
Andrew is *my* girlfriend
don't even think about it
I've watched about five MGMT videos back to back and I find myself saying "WHAT THE HELL?!" out loud after every single one.
Ahh thats how my love for this band began.
This song/video reminds me of my Psilosybin mushroom trip. I was so nervous and my stomach kind of hurt while the mushroom's poison was taking effect. Once it took effect, I began to reflect to on my life, on the negative and positive i've done, the people I've met in my life. At times, I got terrified at the nonsense I had in the back of my mind but at the same time, I remembered reading that the effect is not permanent and then, I just enjoyed both the heavenly and terrifying shifts in my mind. "Even if this hall collapses, I can stand by my pillar of hope and trust that our heads won't bust"
There are only a few bands that I've had a common interest in with my friends, and MGMT was one of them. Then this came out and we lost that common interest, but I fucking love it.
were Budha and Krishna not into this song?
Jesus your friends are fucking pussies. Too worried about people's opinions of them.
nah I just think they have bad taste.
Jesus, man...
jesus looks like a girl
Why does this remind me of a really bizarre episode of Doctor Who?
+Flynn Tavish Wilbur which episode ?
Not a specific episode. It just seems vaguely Whovian in a general sense.
+Flynn Tavish Wilbur I too felt that way during the end when everything spun out of control.
Yeh i know what you mean, It could be something from one of the darker episodes of series 5.
Flynn Tavish Wilbur Little nemo democrat Anna Ben doctor who satanoc daughter anton legacy gets hotsies.
I see it in two ways: 1. They find their niche in these people and are welcomed, and when they take the eel out of his throat it is them taking away the constraints that many people tried to put on MGMT when they became popular. 2. The producers and fans seem welcoming and friendly, even unique first, but when MGMT attempted to produce different music (the hole in his throat reveal), the producers and fans pressure MGMT into making music that was similar to the more popular songs (eel from throat).
Here's to 10 years of this masterpiece 🎉. And here's to 10 more.
Today is 12
This is the best Christmas song ever.
This song meant so much to me in high school and still does
@@abella11 these comments are old but to me it reminds me of my early days smoking weed with my best friends in high school.... when it was always fun, never gave you anxiety, a trip every time, something new and curious and exciting. that's when my friend showed me this song. we didn't have anywhere to go so we would just drive around (questionable) our shitty town, park in park parking lots, fuck around in Walmart. I was probably 17 and things were just so much easier man. we're all still friends now but things are different and harder cause I'm old (23 lol.) that's what this song reminds me of :') just as good now as it was then
I'm currently in high school :D
@@Anonymous-jf2gy same
Reminds me of high school too🥲also 23 lol
MGMT is so nostalgic, cause I used to listen to it when I was so much younger and it reminds me of the long drives from San Francisco to Death Valley and all the long winding roads in the mountains and listening to Congratulations and Time to Pretend on full blast. I’ll never get over it.
Such a beautiful state !!!
Actually Guys...:
The beginning of the video shows MGMT's fans who are excited that they have a new album, so its like a welcoming party. They're old people cause they're old fans of MGMT. And then we see someone try to open the bandages on Ben's neck, as they try to discover another "hit song" by MGMT (I'll explain that later). With the whole puppet part, I think MGMT is branching off from people liking them for the wrong reasons to make a general comment about society, and making the same mistakes over and over.
Then the woman starts to play that song on the recorder or whatever, which encourages Ben to show his own song. There's a hole in Ben's neck which produced MGMT's more popular songs.. "Kids", "Electric Feel", etc. Its bandaged up, to represent that MGMT won't make any more mainstream songs. It was supposed to heal. Andrew is hesitating on whether or not to show any one another mainstream song from the eel, aka "Electric Feel", aka another hit song. Then Ben rips off the bandage and the 'hit song' starts to play.. and then people have "wtf" looks on their faces cause they were probably expecting the music they played in their previous album. And some other people just see the dollar signs (the military dudes who take it out of Ben's throat), by transforming their music and MGMT's image into something they didn't want. The eel, aka the song, is then put into the music business system "strange machine".As a result of that, the song becomes mainstream, and the people who wtf'd at the song before suddenly like it and are dancing to it! the fake fans of mgmt.. they just like it now cause its popular. The military people could represent MGMT's fans who just are waiting for another "Electric Eel" or "Kids" to make a big deal about.
And then craziness ensues.. the flashing lights.. meaning the more fame. I think the song is called Flash Delirium because MGMT is blatantly saying they don't want to be mainstream, cause all the flash bulbs of cameras going off by people making a big deal out of them, taking pics, etc, is making them crazy.
Maybe Ben was thinking about making another "Electric Feel" song, but Andrew told him of the consequences.. and told him that all this craziness would ensue, and they'd become even more famous, which isn't their goal, since there are people who just listen to their popular songs because its "hip" and won't listen to their other songs yet say they are big fans. In the video shows Ben going along with what Andrew said until he was tempted to show the song and then they literally take the life out of him.. (by taking out the eel) but he's famous! "A case of flash delirium" means they are sick of the fame! On the other hand, maybe IRL Ben feels the same way as Andrew w/ the whole thing (most likely) but they did this song to show people what would happen if they just made another "Electric Feel" and how it would drive them crazy.. they don't wanna be consumed by fame.
-Suntastic
lexis Acklin this needs more likes.
Woah
I think you over interpretated this video. But I like it.
lexis Acklin that explains a lot. favourite song for a long time
I didn’t really like “Kids” and “Time to Pretend” as much as I loved everything else in Oracular Spectacular. I wish they would’ve kept making songs like “Weekend Wars,” “Metanoia” or “ The Handshake.” They made bigger statements and deeper feelings in Oracular Spectacular by not only giving that feeling of youth and freedom, but they really made (at least) me realize how corrupt and loose society is. Plus, Andrew’s voice in Oracular Spectacular is amazing!!!
This must be the best Song ever written and performed.
Its 2020, a shitty year, but this song is, sadly in some ways, timeless.
I give that title to Portishead's The Rip. I really like how flash delirium is some sort of modern day Good Vibrations
@@fredman727 PORTISHEAD all day...Great comment...but this song is damn good as well...
It’s currently 2022… shit is STILL FUCKED😢 it’s amazing humanity will never win with the the masters in power 🎉 it’s a constant suppression 👎👎
Can't believe this came out TEN years ago! I remember when it just came out when MGMT "Kids" was still on the radio...this song & entire album is timeless though
The breakdown in the second half is such an eargasm, genuine masterpiece
No matter how underrated they are in general space, they are stellar in our minds.
Mild apprehension
Blank dreams of the coming fun
Distort the odds of a turnaround
Gut screams out next to none
So turn it on, tune it in
And stay inert
You say "I've got the backbone"
The back way to escape the gun
Climbing a tree with a missing limb
And not saving anyone
And now it hurts to stay at home
And see flash the mirror ball's throwing mold
You can't get a grip if there's nothing to hold
See the flash catch a white lily laugh and wilt
But if you must smash a glass first fill it to the hilt
Plants, as far as i know are still,
Still bending toward the light
And if we dance
Until the heart explodes
It'll make this place ignite
And even if this hall collapses
I can stand by my pillar of hope it's just
A case of Flash delirium
Here's a growing culture
Deep inside a corpse
Ages stuck together
Takin it to the source
Timeless desperation
Pictures on a screen scream
"Hey people, what does it mean?"
Comfort keeps us nice
So quick to donate everything
Die wolken drifting blinding smiles circling (einkreisen)
And time's tingling spines
Attaching hands to floor
The rosy-tinted flash
The hot dog's getting cold
And you'll never be as good as the Rolling Stones
Watch the birds in the airport gathering dirt
Crowd the clean magazine chick lifting up her skirt
(Why close one eye and try to
Pledge allegiance to the sun
When plastic ghosts start terrorizing everyone
Geometric troops aligning
Carried up to the burial mounds
My earthbound heart is heavy
Your heartbeat keeps things light
With the violence forever threatening the night
And even if this hall collapses
I can stand by my pillar of hope and trust)
Lines when I close my eyes and just
Aim blindly at the sun
And hear love
When the ghosts start singing terrorizing everyone
Geometric troops aligning
Carried up to the burial mounds with gold
It's a heavy load but your
You rhythm makes it light and explode
Like a violent star keeps threatening the night
And even if this hall collapses
I can stand by my pillar of hope and trust
That our heads won't bust
66 55 red battleships
40 earthlike planets
3 holes 2 tits
1 fork in its side
Zero tears in their eyes
Sue the spiders
Sink the Welsh
Stab your facebook
Sell sell sell
Undercooked
Overdone
Mass adulation not so funny
Poisoned honey
Pseudo science
Silly money
You're my honey
The ending is so incredibly intense and satisfying:
"Sue the spiders
Sink the Welsh
Stab your facebook
Sell sell sell
Undercooked
Overdone
Mass adulation not so funny
Poisoned honey
Pseudo science
Silly money
You're my honey"
(Kind of reminds me of Ballroom Blitz) :P
Look at the poster above the car right at the beginning - it says "sue the spiders sink the welsh" ...
I think it means something, see how it says poisoned honey, and then your my honey, so maybe they poisoned them
Probably heard this song more than 20 times this week...and it gets better every time I listen to it
0:25 when the brass comes in, sends chills up my spine
Everyone always says Andrew is so cute and he really is but I honestly think Ben is too!!! I mean, 2:06 , look at that adorable smile :) plus Ben is a little more down to earth and has a great personality which makes him even more attractive. :)
I love ben sm hes so dorky
Ben is ugly af kid
I agree about Ben but I also think they both have great personalities! They can both be cute and great without it being competitive 🥰
Way to neg him
Flash Delirium is probably my favorite song of MGMT and it's sad how underrated it is. Andrew looks hot af . I think it was the best phase of him. 0:36 this face kills me every time
i spent years looking for this video after seeing it maybe once or twice on some obscure music tv channel and the only thing i could remember from it was the part where the alien/worm thing was ripped from his throat but whenever i tried looking that up my efforts were fruitless but my sister was able to somehow find this gem of a song and i can finally rest easy now knowing it wasn’t just some hallucination i witnessed
The countdown at the end...things got real...I love taking some medicine and watching things like this, makes me think. MGMT, I find them to be very relaxing. Sounds weird right?
Their best song, in my opinion.
+Jerbyson their best video
Yes I think so
No electric feel is
It feels like an entire album in just 4 minutes! I love it!
for me its when you die
Mgmt for life
🤟✌️ absolutely
This has to be one of the best albums in history and it`s so under appreciated
I don´t think they ever wanter to be mainstream.They just love music and it seems to me like they´re happier when they play for smaller audience.
Well, it's been ten years ago today. I remember not liking this track or album very much when it first came out since I was so closed minded about everything including music. But as the decade went by I began to in-a-way broaden my horizons and become more open minded. So then I eventually decided to listen to MGMT's discography only to discover that I absolutely love this band. This has to be one of my most favorite MGMT songs coming from, in my opinion, their best album. Thank you MGMT for doing what you do.
Easily my favourite music video of all time!
Agreed
IVAN X Depends on how many you consider as "many" I suppose. Also, it was a simple opinion so it's not really that fair to make an assumption like that.
Shards of Shattered Halos Lacerate My Skin or he understands the meaning of it and you don’t. Hint: none if the comments are right
Everyone's gangsta until Ben's neck starts to sing
quiet soul by the impures
^^^ check this indie song out is new n chill... :)vvv
I love the riff at 1:47
LobsterBurrito Ik this comment is 3 years old but same it’s so good
If you're a fan of radiohead i could totally understand why you would love that riff! me too!
13 years later and it’s still a BOPPPP I’ve been listening to MGMT since I was 10. This video was me and my friends favorite. Creepy asf as a child.
im not exaggerating when i say this is one of the greatest songs ever
This song and video is a reaction to the success they had from the first album. While the first record is fantastic they didn't expect it to be so successful. They got stuck in that version of themselves as a band. In the video when Ben has the ''Electric Eel'' pulled out of his chest it for sure shows the breakaway from that fame.
lol in an interview the interviewer guy asks Andrew if this is what it’s about and he said no and how they’re not smart enough to come up with that 💀something like that
Hard listen at first, grows on you though, then one day it's playing in the background while you're laying on the bed and you're like "by god this is genius"
I had to give it a few listens to realize why so many people were saying this is one of their best songs.
Forever my favorite MGMT song, it’s so weird and multi layered musically and lyrically, and fun and chaotic
4:06 here goes the climax
I always loved this part.
Ever since I heard this for the first time it has never left me . Utterly flawless and unique
Fresh & complex soulful melodies that are hard to understand but once you do they will never get out of your head. Probably their best album so far.
Es totalmente majestuosa esta pieza, no se en que tomarían inspiración para lograr una de las mejores creaciones contemporáneas pero vaya que es hermosa.
Ugh that bass. This is one of the first videos I remember watching of MGMT and I've been hooked ever since.
MGMT: releases Congratulations, greatest cohesive album experience masterpiece since the 70's
General audience: nah
i just realized the poodle is eating the came's head from congratulations...that hits home
Except that's a lamb's head
This disturbed me greatly, but after finding the meaning behind it, and realizing what great, artistic, smart guys they are. It made me like it(:
It’s about resurrecting the Antichrist and giving way to the beast right?
Any album they come up with in my opinion is incredible! I will forever support mgmt and the creativity they bring as musicians, especially since they just want to make the music they want to. We are lucky to have them !
Reading comments on weird videos is always fun. I like how people try to make sense of videos like this, to be honest I think that MGMT is fucking with us how they know best...
I didn't like this song when it first came out...but man, I have come around
It's amazing they made a pop song with SO many parts...and it all holds together.
MGMT do that so well...writing songs that have 4 verses, 6 choruses, and 3 bridges...all at 4 minutes long...and it somehow makes sense.
The lyrics are super psychedelic...wish I could discern the "meaning."
To me, the song's about how absurd life can seem. How it's hard to take seriously what other people seem to take VERY seriously.
0:01 You can see a sign with "sue the spiders, sink the welsh". that's the last part of the song lyrics
Sue the spiders
Sink the Welsh
Stab your facebook
Sell sell sell
Undercooked
Overdone
Mass adulation not so funny
Poisoned honey
Pseudo science
Silly money
You're my honey
Whoa
Sell,sell,Sell
Wow, those lyrics suck
@@TheRealGirlgamer no they don't
Well you’re the reason kids is the most popular mgmt song
This song is genius! The whole album congratulations is a fantastic piece. It might be more appreciated with time(great music is timeless) but we will see. Looking forward to their new work' mgmt's music is always enthusing' I love it!!
I am so glad I found this group on CZcams tonight and also glad I was stoned when I found it. I didn't know this was the band I needed in my life.
yet another disturbing, grotesque, unsettling, masterpiece by MGMT... love it!
You say, "I've got backbone"
The back way to escape the gun
One of their most underrated pieces of art
FIFA 11 !! Omg avhahahahag😭😭😭😭😍😍😍😍 so many memories
Antonio fuck off
i guess the only way they manage to keep that game's succes is by adding good music to it xD
Same here Antonio, except it is the only fifa I have right now!!!!
The beginning of the video shows MGMT's fans who are excited that they have a new album, so its like a welcoming party. They're old people cause they're old fans of MGMT. And then we see someone try to open the bandages on Ben's neck, as they try to discover another "hit song" by MGMT (I'll explain that later). With the whole puppet part, I think MGMT is branching off from people liking them for the wrong reasons to make a general comment about society, and making the same mistakes over and over.
Then the woman starts to play that song on the recorder or whatever, which encourages Ben to show his own song. There's a hole in Ben's neck which produced MGMT's more popular songs.. "Kids", "Electric Feel", etc. Its bandaged up, to represent that MGMT won't make any more mainstream songs. It was supposed to heal. Andrew is hesitating on whether or not to show any one another mainstream song from the eel, aka "Electric Feel", aka another hit song. Then Ben rips off the bandage and the 'hit song' starts to play.. and then people have "wtf" looks on their faces cause they were probably expecting the music they played in their previous album. And some other people just see the dollar signs (the military dudes who take it out of Ben's throat), by transforming their music and MGMT's image into something they didn't want. The eel, aka the song, is then put into the music business system "strange machine".As a result of that, the song becomes mainstream, and the people who wtf'd at the song before suddenly like it and are dancing to it! the fake fans of mgmt.. they just like it now cause its popular. The military people could represent MGMT's fans who just are waiting for another "Electric Eel" or "Kids" to make a big deal about.
And then craziness ensues.. the flashing lights.. meaning the more fame. I think the song is called Flash Delirium because MGMT is blatantly saying they don't want to be mainstream, cause all the flash bulbs of cameras going off by people making a big deal out of them, taking pics, etc, is making them crazy.
Maybe Ben was thinking about making another "Electric Feel" song, but Andrew told him of the consequences.. and told him that all this craziness would ensue, and they'd become even more famous, which isn't their goal, since there are people who just listen to their popular songs because its "hip" and won't listen to their other songs yet say they are big fans. In the video shows Ben going along with what Andrew said until he was tempted to show the song and then they literally take the life out of him.. (by taking out the eel) but he's famous! "A case of flash delirium" means they are sick of the fame! On the other hand, maybe IRL Ben feels the same way as Andrew w/ the whole thing (most likely) but they did this song to show people what would happen if they just made another "Electric Feel" and how it would drive them crazy.. they don't wanna be consumed by fame.
sulumsphony66 wow. that covers that.
sulumsphony66 a
I have never encountered a band that can make such different music album to album and still rock it. You guys are truly amazing. love you guys!
Also can we appreciate the shot of Andrew in the background getting choked- it's so funny funny to me lol
I discovered MGMT with this song. I was watching MTV when they passed this video, I remember I was young and I got scared but at the same time I liked it. Then I started to search who they were and which other songs they had. Now I am very happy I watched MTV that day and didn't change the channel. As they said in the comments, this song is a fucking masterpiece such as this band 🖤.
that pulsating hole probably scarred everyone who watched this video
I'm still recovering to this very day.
Those guys always look 10 years younger. Here they were 27 and look from high school. Today they look in their late 20s.
no wayy
For a long time I thought this video was just a fever dream of mine.
I’ve been in love with Andrew since middle school and I don’t think my love for him is ever gonna go away lol
This will forever be one of my all time favorite songs💕 I love how it makes absolutely no sense.
The eel represents their mainstream songs, such as electric (f)eel. At first the old people (old fans) don't like this new song, but the (corporate) machine churns it out into the mainstream, transforming MGMT's image and what they stand for
I think it's more the establishment steeling their soul and using it to construct this frankenstein monster. The hippies represent how they coopted the peace and love movement. The old crumbling house, once glorious now run down and filled with junk and clutter. I think the line "there's a growing culture deep inside this corps" really says it.
lol
i think we can establish that we all wanna find our own meaning in a song and want to believe the song is deeper than it is, in other words just listen to the song -___-.
God, I love this video. The shout of triumph at 2:47 is exquisite.
"You're finally mine!" lol
i jumped at that part
The strange progression in this song and “song for dean tracey” are so cool, I love how they do one part of the song several time but then they do something completely unique with the part of the song the third time it plays
This song aged very well.
No less than Alien Days
Anyone notice the symbol on the cake? I only did because I'm a nerd who has played Binding of Isaac. In that game there's an item called brimstone which is portrayed by that symbol. After some research (5 seconds) I found that it is called the Leviathon Cross. I researched that a bit and found this (Pulled it off the internet)
A symbol for the alchemical element Sulfur, (Brimstone) which is spiritually analogous to the human soul. Alchemically, sulfur has the qualities of masculine, hot and dry.
Any idea why they put it on the cake?
Brendan Bush it likely represents how they feel about the pop music industry and how selling out would be like selling there souls.
The cake is a lie
FINALLY FOUND THIS AFTER SO MANY YEARS OF SEARCHING OMG
Can we appreciate just how concise and punctual Andrews lyricism is in this song specifically I mean my god
its all of the words in the universe put into simple lyrics
Do we really need more theories explaining the song/video? No matter how we interpret it, this video has a powerful meaning.
+Keira Yeah shoving an eel into a mechanical anus is very meaningful. Definitely telling us to shove electric feel up our ass.
+411yourname This is why we don't have enough philosophers. There is a deeper meaning to all of their videos.
Elp Smith Some of their videos and lyrics are so abstract that it`s difficult to draw a definite meaning. I look up most of their songs on genius to give me a better understanding. But I agree most of their songs do have a deep particular meaning.
+411yourname u made my day X'D
This song is named after MGMT's favorite Magic the Gathering mechanics respectively
Anyone who smiles genuinely during a puppet show is untrustable
I always grab my neck while watching this